Pakistan reports 237,216 crimes against women, girls in five years
Between 2021 and 2025, 237,216 crimes against women and girls were recorded in Pakistan, local media reported, citing an Islamabad-based human rights group, as violence against women continues to escalate. In its National Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Crime Report 2021–2025, the Peace and Justice Network (PJN) Pakistan has presented a disturbing picture of violence against women and girls under its National Data for Justice Development (D4JD) Initiative. Understanding the true scale of gender-based violence across Pakistan requires examining both what provincial statistics reveal and what they…
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- World
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- Crime & safety
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- Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir
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- ians
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- Thursday, 15 October 2026, 8:50 pm IST
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